Larry B. Scott

Larry B. Scott (born August 17, 1961) is an American actor whose film debut was in the 1978 movie '' A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich''.

Early life

Scott was born in New York City and grew up in St. Albans, Queens, the sixth of nine children of Andrew, a civil servant, and Valerie, a social worker. In high school, Scott became an active member of the Pentecostal church.

Career

Scott played Gerald LeFlore in the 1978 movie '' One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story''. He is best known for playing Lamar Latrelle, the openly gay fraternity member in the ''Revenge of the Nerds'' series of comedy films from 1984 to 1994.

In the 1986 film ''SpaceCamp'' he played opposite a young Joaquin Phoenix as the character Rudy Tyler. In ''Fear of a Black Hat'', he played Tasty-Taste, a pastiche of rappers Flavor Flav and Eazy-E. Scott also makes an appearance in ''The Karate Kid'' and is one of the first competitors to lose to Daniel LaRusso in the film's finale. He also appeared in the movie ''Iron Eagle''. He then co-starred in '' Extreme Prejudice'' directed by Walter Hill. He played a role in the S.E. Hinton adaptation '' That Was Then... This Is Now'', alongside Emilio Estevez.

Scott has also made appearances in several television series, including ''Barney Miller'', ''The Jeffersons'', ''Seinfeld'', ''St. Elsewhere'', '' Magnum P.I.'' and ''Martin'' along with the television movie ''Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'', and he starred as tech genius F.X. Spinner on the sci-fi action adventure series ''Super Force'' for two seasons. He was also the voice of the Paladin in the game ''Diablo II'' and reprised his role in ''Diablo IV''.

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American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
21st-century African-American male actors
21st-century American male actors
20th-century African-American male actors
20th-century American male actors
Year of birth missing (living people)

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